Transformation and the Satisfaction of Work.
This article suggests a new conceptual framework for understanding why some types of work are experienced in more satisfying ways than others. The analysis is based on research in an Indian scrap metal yard, where work entails disassembling things that other people no longer want. In spite of the de...
| Published in: | Social Analysis Vol. 64; no. 3; pp. 68 - 95 |
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Berghahn Books
Autumn2020
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